Canopy for tricycles, &amp;c.



No. 69|,964. Patented` lan. 28, |902.

B. J. OLDING.

CANDPY FOB TRIGY'CLES, &c.

(Application led Aug. 28, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATESN PATENT OEEICE.

BARNEY J. OLDING, OF ST. HENRY, OHIO.

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SPECFIOATIGN forming part of Letters Patent N o. 691,964, dated January 28, 1902. Application led August Z8, 41901. Serial No. 73,616. (No model.)

To LZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, BARNEY J. OLDING, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Henry, in the county of Mercer andState of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Canopy for Tricycles and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a canopy for tricyoles and the like; and the object of the present invention is to provide a simple and effective device of this character strong and durable in its structure, easily applied in operative position, and readily removed and folded in compact form when not in use, the canopy shielding a rider from the sun as well as rain, and of such arrangementvas not to interfere in the least with the movements of the rider or his access to the seator obstruct inthe least the free mounting of the machine.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a canopy embodying the features of the invention and looking upwardly thereinto from the under side. Fig.`2 is a transverse vertical section of the same, showing the manner of folding the canopy in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view showing the manner of connecting and joining a portion of the parts of the canopy.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates opposite side frame-bars having the canopy-cover 2 firmly secured thereto, the said bars l extending full length of the canopy and preferably constructed of wood. The canopy-covering 2 is also preferably formed from a suitable waterproof material adaptedto be freely folded and having a depending edge and fringe portion 3 and 4, the fringe depending from the edge portion 3 to give the canopy an ornamental appearance, the said edge portion being of net-like formation to permit circulation of air therethrough to the under portion of the covering and materially cool the latter, particularly when said covering p is exposed to the sun. To the inner sides of the frame-bars 1, adjacent to the ends thereof,

Aplied for obvious reasons.

eyes 5 are secured and horizontally disposed, and movably attached to the eyes of the one frame-bar are the eyes 6 at the upper ends of inclined main supporting-rods 7, which have angular bends near their lower ends to provide substantially vertical uprights 8, which are curved to conform to the Width of the machine to which the device is applied, the lower extremity of the said uprights having clamps 9 secured thereto for engaging the frame-bars or suitable parts of the machine on which the canopy is used. To the angularly-bent portions of the main supports 7 the lower ends of auxiliary supports 10 are pivotally connected, the upper ends of said auX- iliary supports 10 having eyes l1, which loosely engage theeyes 5 of the frame-bar l opposite that to which the supporting-rods 7 are attached. The-rods 7 and 10 are inwardly anddownwardly inclined to reduce the lateral projection thereof adjacent to the rider of the machine to which the device is ap- By this means it will be seen that the canopy may be spread outwardly or open and as readily folded or collapsed, and to hold the canopy in a reliable open condition spreader-rods 12 are employed at each end, each rod 12 being provided with an eye 13 to movably engage the eyes 5 on one bar l and also having hooks 14 at their opposite terminals to removably en gage the eyes 5 on the opposite bar 1, and by the use of the spreader-rods the canopy will be held rigid when open and be also braced suliciently to withstand ordinary vibrations or shocks. The rods 7 and l0, as well as the spreader-rods 12, are of light construction; but when combined with the frame-bars l in the manner set forth a strong frame structure will be produced, and a considerable canopy expanse of a comparatively light nature can also thus be arranged over a rider of a tricycle or the like and protect him from the sun or rain without the least interference with his movements in propelling the :machine or in alighting or mounting the latter. Moreover, the canopy structure is of such light-weight nature that it will not materially add to the weight of the machine on which it is used, and, above all, the simple ar` rangement of the parts,together with the few number of the latter, renders the canopy inn IOO expensive in the cost of manufacture as compared with other devices of a similar character. When not in use, the canopy can be folded by detaching the spreader-rods 12, drawing the bars l together, and folding the supporting-rods 7 and auxiliary rods lO inwardly against the under side of the device, and thereby reduce the canopy to compact form.

Changes in the form,size, proportions, and minor details may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In a canopy, the combination of opposite frame-bars having a flexible covering secured thereto and provided near their extremities with eyes, inclined main and auxiliary supporting-rods having their upper ends movably attached to the eyes respectively of said frame-bars and converging toward their lower extremities, the auxiliary supporting-rods having their lower ends pivotally connected to the main supporting-rods, and the main supporting-rods being extended downward beyond said pivotal points to form uprights adapted to receive securing devices, and spreader-rods movably attached at one end to the eyes of one fram e-bar and having terminal hooks for removable engagement with the eyes of 4the other frame-bar.

2. In a canopy of the class set forth, the combination of frame-bars having a canopycovering secured thereto, folding supporting devices movably attached to the said framebars and inclined inwardly and downwardly, the one set of supporting devices being pivotally attached to the other and the latter from the points of attachment of one set thereof being continued rigidly downward so that one set of supporting devices will be of continuous construction from their upper to their lower extremities,and a pair of spreaderrods movably attached to one bar and removably connected to the opposite bar, substantially as described.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BARNEY J. OLDING.

Witnesses:

JOHN T. OMLOR, ANDREW BRAMLAGES. 

